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Omotic
Geographic
distribution
Ethiopia, Sudan
Native speakers
7.9 million
Linguistic classificationAfro-Asiatic
  • Omotic
Subdivisions
  • North Omotic
  • South Omotic
  • ISO 639-5omv
    GlottologNone
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    The Omotic languages are a group of languages spoken in southwestern Ethiopia, in the Omo River region and southeastern Sudan in Blue Nile State. The Geʽez script is used to write some of the Omotic languages, the Latin script for some others. They are fairly agglutinative and have complex tonal systems (for example, the Bench language). The languages have around 7.9 million speakers.[1] The group is generally classified as belonging to the Afroasiatic language family, but this is disputed by some.

    Four separate "Omotic" groups are accepted by Glottolog 4.0 and Güldemann (2018): North Omotic, Dizoid (Maji), Mao, and Aroid ("South Omotic").[2]

    1. ^ "Omotic languages". Ethnologue. Retrieved 6 March 2024.
    2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Guldemann was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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    Omotic languages

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    North Omotic languages

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    The North Omotic (Nomotic) or Ta-Ne Omotic languages, are a group of languages spoken in Ethiopia. Glottolog considers Ta-Ne-Omotic to be an independent...

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    Afroasiatic languages

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    Cushitic Sidaama language, the Semitic Tigrinya language and the Omotic Wolaitta language, though most languages within the family are much smaller in size...

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    Aroid languages

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    (formerly South Omotic or Somotic) languages possibly belong to the Afro-Asiatic family and are spoken in Ethiopia. There are five Aroid languages: Aari-Gayil...

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    Cushitic languages

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    indicate focus. The phylum was first designated as Cushitic in 1858. The Omotic languages, once included in Cushitic, have almost universally been removed. The...

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    South Cushitic languages

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    (1988). Fritz Serzisko (ed.). Cushitic-Omotic: Papers from the International Symposium on Cushitic and Omotic Languages, Cologne, January 6-9, 1986. Buske...

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    Ometo languages

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    The Ometo languages of Ethiopia are a dialect cluster of the Omotic family, generally accepted as part of the Afro-Asiatic language family. They include...

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    Mao languages

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    The Mao languages are a branch of the Omotic languages spoken in Ethiopia and parts of Sudan. The group had the following categories: Bambasi, spoken in...

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    Chadic languages

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    2006. The Afro-Asiatic Languages: Classification and Reference List (ms) Blench, Roger. 2008. Links between Cushitic, Omotic, Chadic and the position...

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    Banna people

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    Hamar-Banna language (a member of the putative Southern branch of the Omotic languages), although some also speak the related Aari language in and around...

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    Bussa language

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    Bussa variety are shifting to the Omotic languages Zargulla, Zayse and Gamo. Important factors for the ongoing language shift include intermarriage with...

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    Wolaitta language

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    Wolaitta or Wolayttatto Doonaa is a North Omotic language of the Ometo group spoken in the Wolayita Zone and some other parts of the Southern Nations...

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    Hozo language

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    four languages Hozo, Seze, Ganza and Northern Mao is still being discussed. The Mao languages are the least documented within Omotic, and Omotic itself...

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    Hamer language

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    or Hamer-Banna (Hamer: hámar aapó) is a language within the South Omotic branch of the Afroasiatic language family. It is spoken primarily in southern...

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    Languages of Ethiopia

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    The languages of Ethiopia include the official languages of Ethiopia, its national and regional languages, and a large number of minority languages, as...

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    List of language families

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    language isolates by continent Lists of languages List of proposed language families "What are the largest language families?". Ethnologue. May 25, 2019...

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    Shinasha language

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    Shinasha, also known as Boro (Borna, Bworo) is a North Omotic language spoken in western Ethiopia by the Shinasha people. Its speakers live in scattered...

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    Amharic

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    and proto-Omotic languages would have diverged by the fourth or fifth millennium BC. Shortly afterwards, the proto-Cushitic and proto-Omotic groups would...

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    Languages of Africa

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    Ubangian, some 70 languages, centered on the languages of the Central African Republic; may be Niger–Congo Te-Ne-Omotic, some 20 languages, previously classified...

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    Maale language

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    spelled Male) is an Omotic language spoken in the Omo Region of Ethiopia. The Maale people are vigorously maintaining their language despite exposure to...

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    Ethiopian language area

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    Eritrea, including the Ethio-Semitic, Cushitic and Omotic languages but not the Nilo-Saharan languages. Others scholars have since pointed out smaller areas...

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    Kingdom of Kaffa

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    native language, also known as Kaffa, is one of the Omotic group of languages. Kaffa was divided into four sub-groups, who spoke a common language Kefficho...

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    Welayta people

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    constructed language, based on the various local North Omotic languages and dialects, as the new language of education and administration for Semien Omo Zone...

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    Chara language

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    Chara (alternatively Ciara or C’ara) is an Afro-Asiatic language of the North Omotic variety spoken in the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and People's...

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